How do young singers embark on a career? What is an opera studio? Why do singers need language coaching? What about auditions? And why not sing Wagner at 22? Find out more about the journeys from practice rooms to big stages.

‘That Nation has not yet perished, while the seer’s song echoes…’ is a concert of songs interpreted by Opera Academy artists of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera.

In a world full of violence and cruelty, Katerina Izmailova suffers from her unfulfilled desires and needs. In her attempt to break out of her circumstances, she becomes a murderer. To this day, Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth is a fascinating and polarising protagonist for whom, despite her crimes, one can feel sympathy.

Who is afraid of the devil? Katja certainly is not! Dvořák’s humorous opera heroine not only offers great entertainment value when she gives the devil a run for his money; she is also a modern, self-determined woman who goes her own way.

A woman in men’s clothing on the battlefield, burnt at the stake as a heretic and praised as a patron saint: the historical Joan of Arc is a character of many facettes, whose strength and determination has inspired numerous opera composers.

Meet Iranian soprano Forooz Razavi, one of Opera for Peace 2023 Academy Artists.

International relations, patriotism, terror and the climate crisis. To give voice to the conflicts of our time, opera composers like to draw on specific historical events. OperaVision provides an insight into the diverse spectrum of new ‘historical' operas.

Costume designer Christina Lovery creates a distorted reality in The Rake’s Progress.

Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio - also called Leonore in its first two versions - is the assumed name of a woman, Leonore, who disguises herself as a man to free her husband Florestan, a political prisoner who has been arbitrarily detained. 

In this two part short documentary, we follow the young tenor Leonardo Sánchez on his very personal journey to the stage, supported along the way by OperaVision-partner Opera for Peace who commissioned this fascinating insight in his influences, highs, lows and big breaks.

Ariadne holds a historical place in the legacy of the Strauss-Hofmannsthal collaboration. The composer and the librettist wanted to redefine a Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) for the twentieth century.

A rarely performed yet masterful Overture, two key scenes from Macbeth, that one striking violin solo in I Lombardi and an Aria from Il corsaro that is both loved and feared by sopranos: conductor Carlo Goldstein tips you five musical highlights from the second part of the Verdi diptych.